The Thought Occurs

Sunday 12 June 2016

Theme

Halliday & Matthiessen (1999: 9):
Textually, the clause presents the ideational and interpersonal information as a message — a contribution to the text evolving in its context. It is structured as Theme ^ Rheme; the Theme provides a local environment created for this clause, positioning it in the unfolding text.

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